The couple involved in an attempted murder-suicide was on the verge of divorce and sought counseling before the fatal double shooting in the Montgomery area Sunday.

Rachel Butler, 26, survived the shooting and was discharged from the intensive-care unit at Conroe Regional Medical Center Monday. Her 39-year-old husband, Jason Butler, shot her in the chest early Sunday morning in the driveway of their Montgomery-area home before fatally turning the gun on himself, Montgomery County Sheriff's detectives said.

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Despite the issues they were going through, Rachel Butler said Monday that she forgives her husband and was adamant that Jason Butler not be remembered for shooting her or himself.

"I am doing my best to separate the man he was Saturday night from the man I married," Rachel Butler said through a family spokesperson. "I know that's not the same person. The main thing right now is my kids."

Rachel Butler filed for divorce Oct. 10 citing a "conflict of personalities," court records show. The couple married in May 2014 and were no longer living together as of September.

She said she and Jason Butler were seeking counseling and were going to make the decision about their marriage based on their two children, ages 2 and 6. The children were not home at the time of the shooting.

Montgomery County Sheriff's officials said the couple was arguing on the way home from Jason Butler's 20-year Klein Forest High School reunion in Houston. Rachel Butler, again speaking through a family spokesperson, declined to give details about the argument.

By the time they reached their home in the 300 block of Waterstone Court, the argument turned physical. That's when Jason Butler pulled a gun from his truck and shot Rachel Butler before killing himself.

The home is in the Ridgelake Shores subdivision off Fishcreek Thoroughfare south of FM 2854. Records show the couple bought the property together in spring 2016.

She told The Courier in a Facebook message it was a "miracle" she survived.

"God needed one of us here for our two precious babies," she said, again saying she was forgiving her late husband. "I am very sorry that everything ended this way."

Rachel Butler owns The Beauty Lounge, a salon in The Woodlands. Employees declined to comment Monday.

Some of the couple's friends were dumbfounded by the news of the shooting.

"Nothing that I have heard today sounds like my friend - nothing," said Danny Pechal, who has known Jason for two decades.

As news of the tragedy spread, the couple's friends poured out their grief, some mourning Jason and others describing Rachel as "strong, beautiful and courageous."

"We are in shock but leaning on God for peace and understanding," Courtney Lee Stiles wrote on Facebook. "Please keep her and her family in your prayers."